[CHAR] Dreamscape | A World Forgotten

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Notable NPCs

The Ansharin Oasis

Marak Karlup

Name | Marak Karlup

Gender | Male

Age | 74

Appearance | Marak is an elderly man who appears quite small with his crooked posture and reserved stature. Make no mistake though, Marak is a fierce person with piercing gray eyes that stand out even against his wrinkled face. His skin tone is charcoal, which stands at a stark contrast with his silvery, wiry beard that reaches down to his chest. He has no hair growing on the top of his scalp, though wisps of hair still cling to the back of his head. His hands, while not as strong as they used to be, are still hard and calloused. He has many scars along his body, particularly across his chest, which he wears proudly. His attire is similar to that of the other Ansharin, though as an elder he also wears a headdress made from the feathers of a Djara; a snow white bird that migrates to the Dreamscape during the dry season.

Personality | Marak, like most of the Ansharin elders, is a proud man with a deep commitment to his tribe. He can be seen as quite stubborn and somewhat paranoid, what with his advocating of keeping certain information from the tribe for their own safety. Though his intentions are always good, Marak has a bad habit of being incredibly presumptuous about the needs of others. He thinks he knows best, and that the tribe should follow he and the other elders without a second word. While this method has usually been the way the Ansharin have existed, the newer generations have quite a handful of curious individuals that refuse to leave things be.

Kwilana Karlup

Name | Kwilana Karlup

Gender - Female

Age | 64, though she appears much younger.

Appearance | Kwilana does not look like she is supposed to. Despite the flow of time, Kwilana has managed to maintain a youthful visage over the many cycles. This is attributed to her heretical connection with dark forces, and as such most of the Ansharin avoid her at all costs. If you dared to gaze upon her though, you would find a tall beauty with gorgeous locks of bushy, yet tamed, hair that reach down past her waist. Her smooth complexion is almost too perfect, with barely a blemish or scar in sight. Her face is round with soft features, though her eyes are by far the most hyponotising thing about her. The other tribesmen are very superstitious of her beautiful appearance, claiming it to be the witch's way of luring unsuspecting victims to her. Kwilana is forced to wear rags, scraps not even befitting of a Ngarlak.

Personality | Despite the rumors surrounding her, Kwilana is actually a very kind and compassionate person. She enjoys the company of others, though is very understanding as to why not many people feel comfortable around her. For many Ansharin, Kwilana is the only 'magical' entity that they have ever experienced in their lifetimes. Being superstitious people, they are quick to shun her and label her as a heretic. She is known in the Ansharin tribe as an evil spirit, a witch who represents an omen of doom for the tribe. Kwilana's forgiving nature has lead her to not hold anything against those who persecute her. There is much more to Kwilana than meets the eye, and anyone who is brave enough to venture into her hut will find a warm smile and a tender hearted person waiting for them.

Skills

• Witchcraft While no one in the newer generation have ever seen Kwilana use magic, her eternal youth is enough proof to them that she possesses some form of power. No one expect for her brother, Marak, knows the true extent of her power.

Biography | Born as the sister of Marak, Kwilana could have been recognised as an elder like her brother. However in her youth, she ventured to the forbidden mountain and went missing for a long period of time. 30 cycles later, Kwilana emerged. She had not aged a day and supposedly possessed powers that caused the other tribesmen to fear her and label her a heretic. While anyone else would have been turned away and exiled to the Dreamscape, Marak pleaded with the elders of his time to let her stay. They accepted, but on the condition that Kwilana must remain inside her own hut for the rest of her life. She would never be allowed to step foot outside again, and all of her food must be brought to her.

More cycles have passed, and while Marak grew old and frail; Kwilana still retained the same appearance of a young lady. Still refined to her hut, Kwilana is seen as a witch or evil spirit among the tribe.

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Name | Kwelak Djilyaro, "Kwenda"

Gender | Male

Age | 15

Appearance | Kwelek is a young boy of above average height with a very lean, slender body. He has dark skin, but is somewhat lighter in tone due to his ancestry. His skin is rough and he sports calloused feet and hands from a life of hard labor. His hands and feet are usually covered in a white, almost chalk like dust that is found within the Moodja. He has a very sharp, angular face with a very well defined jaw line and sharp cheekbones. He has amber eyes and his hair is a light brunette with flecks of gold streaking throughout. He weaves beads, feathers and other charms into his shoulder length hair. He is also one of the youngest Ansharin to have received his tattoos, and he is remembered within the Dream as 'Kwenda', a marsupial of the Moodja known for it's unmatched speed. His tattoos are a depiction of an old folk tale from the Dream involving the Kwenda, covering him from head to toe with the red ink.

Personality | Kwelek is a rather respectful young man who listens to his elders and is eager to please. He can be a bit of a blind optimist sometimes; always motivated to continue even in dire circumstances. He tends to be a bit arrogant because of this, refusing to face facts. He's a bit of a slow learner, but his determination is downright inspiring. Even if he were to fail a thousand times, Kwelek would be too stubborn to admit defeat. Kwelek enjoys telling stories, and can always be relied on to recall a tale from the Dream around the camp fire. Even despite his love for his tribe, Kwelek wishes to explore Kedalup in the hopes of finding his exiled mother as well as contribute even greater tales towards the Dream.

Some of the other members of the Ansharin hold quite a bit of resentment towards Kwelek. They believe he was unworthy of receiving his tattoos as his skills as a warrior and hunter are sub-par compared to others. They believe his anointment to be a case of favoritism as Kwelek is the grandson of one of the elders.

Skills |

• Kedalup's Messenger Kwelek's speed is unmatched among the Ansharin. What he lacks in strength, he makes up for with his nimbleness and powerful young legs. He was given the name 'Kwenda' for being the first Ansharin in two generations to be able to catch the marsupial of the same name.
• Ansharin Sentry Kwelek was never strong enough to be a fully fledged hunter for his tribe, but his quick feet and keen senses allowed him to serve well as a scout for his tribe. There are many dangerous predators that roam the Dreamscape, and it is the job of the Ansharin Scouts to spot any trace that they might come near the Oasis.
• Dream Weaver The sacred art of recalling the Dream. Every Ansharin learns the Dream, and Dream Weaving is a common practice among the tribe. Kwelek is infamous for his exciting recollections of the Dream that are quite popular among the children of the tribe.

Equipment |

• Waterskin
• 1x Bone tipped spear
• Ansharin Pelts

Biography | Kwelek never knew his father, and he barely had a chance to know his mother. While his mother was pregnant, she committed a great sin against Kedalup. Kwelek's mother, deranged and rabid, murdered her husband while he slept. The elders wanted to kill her, but they knew doing so would also kill the unborn Kwelek. They allowed her to give birth to her son, and then banished her to The Dreamscape to forever carry the weight of her sins on her shoulders. This is all that Kwelek knows of his mother, and any further questions are met with scornful looks of both fear and disgust. The Ansharin are superstitious people, and what happened to Kwelek's mother is a topic of taboo that is avoided within the tribe. They act as though it never happened. Yet despite this, Kwelek was still shunned by his tribe for being the son of a heretic.

Growing up, Kwelek was never the best hunter. He couldn't even fight well. He was often belittled by his peers because of this fact, and he quickly sought to rectify his weakness. He would no longer be the shameful son of a traitor, and became determined to earn his tattoos and be remembered in the Dream. There is an old tale in the Dream, of an Ansharin who ran like the wind, and moved like lightning. He was the first Ansharin to ever be fast enough to touch the tail of the Kwenda. The Kwenda are the only creature that roam the Dreamland that the Ansharin do not hunt. This is for two reasons: one, they are considered to be messengers of Kedalup. As such, they are sacred and must not be hunted. And two, the Kwenda are so fast, so nimble and agile, that even if the Ansharin did hunt them; they'd never be able to catch them.

Determined, Kwelek spent most of his spare time between training and working as a scout chasing after the many Kwenda that roamed the Moodja. He quickly became the target of mockery among the tribe for his stubborn attitude. That was until, one evening, Kwelek caught the Kwenda. When he showed up at the fire pit for dinner that night, the other tribesmen couldn't believe their eyes. No one in two generations had ever been able to touch a Kwenda, let alone capture one. Kwelek's grandfather and the other elders decided that this feat was deserving of the Dream; and Kwelek's name was changed to Kwenda. He was also given his tattoos, that depict the first Dream about the Kwenda and how it came to be the fastest creature in the Dreamscape.

Although some are still resentful of Kwenda, envious of his tattoos, he gained recognition among the other Ansharin. People stopped remembering him as Kwelek, son of the heretic, and started remembering him as Kwenda, a messenger of Kedalup. Now that the journal has been discovered, Kwenda's new ambition in life is to explore Kedalup and learn about life before The Silence; spreading the Ansharin Dreams wherever he goes.

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Name - Jannali Korindji

Gender - Female

Age - 17

Appearance - Tall and thin, Jannali is often compared to the trees that litter the Moodjar Plains. Her dark complexion blends well with her long, black hair trailing along her back. Her facial features are softer and rounder than most Ansharin. Her smooth skin but often cut-up hands are indicative of her role in the tribe as a healer in training under her father.

Personality - Jannali is known to think before she acts - as well as for taking her time with it. Combined with her reserved nature, she tends to be less reliable in high pressure situations where the correct choice isn’t always clear cut. As such, Jannali is often non-confrontational and agreeable. While she is liked for that very reason, others in the community try to push her to be more decisive, an endeavor that has so far yet to produce any kind of result.

However, one thing for which Jannali can be relied on is her love for and pursuit of knowledge: any time she is given the opportunity to learn, she becomes noticeably more eager and involved. Jannali aspires to know as much as there is to know about anything there is to know anything about - an aspiration that, at times, gets her into more trouble than she would like.

Skills - Jannali is essentially the second-best healer in the tribe, losing out only to her father, Jarrah. Her knowledge of the body, how to treat wounds, or the cures and treatments to various illnesses is equal to Jarrah, but her lack of composure in intense moments keeps the tribe from truly relying on her in those moments of need.

She also has the ability to retain and recite just about any information she acquires, a valuable skill in just about every walk of life. As a result, Jannali is at least reasonably knowledgable in most of the Ansharin’s jobs and customs, though she is often unable to actually apply her knowledge herself due to a lack of real experience.

Equipment - Waterskin, various leather bandages, bone needles and suture threads, and a collection of plants and herbs for healing illnesses, with all but the waterskin kept in an over-the-shoulder leather pouch.

Biography - As mentioned, Jannali’s father, Jarrah, is the tribe’s foremost healer, while her mother, Tatali, is a skilled hunter. Jannali took to her father more as a child, igniting her passion for knowledge and paving the way for her to grow to be a healer, herself. Otherwise, Jannali’s life so far has largely been uneventful.

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Name
Koa Jakwela

Gender
Female

Age
19

Appearance

Appearance

Koa is tall and muscular, with a warm complexion turned golden by the sun. Multiple scars mar her body, with the most prominent ones being a thin line carved over her right eye and a claw-like gash that runs from her chest to her hip. She bears these markings proudly, claiming them as signs of being a true warrior. Her hair is a wild black mane that reaches her bottom, with the faintest of gold veining amongst the dark curls. Amongst the jungle of dark locks, Koa often plants the unused teeth and claws of her prey. Her eyes are a sunset, with the softest of browns fading into a piercing golden tint close to the center. Facepaint isn't an uncommon sight, as Koa is often seen with elaborate lines and symbols painted over her face and body.

Personality
Reckless and bold, Koa's actions are driven with passion from the heart. With adventure in her blood and curiosity in her eyes, it's not hard to see why she and trouble are close friends. For Koa, respect must be earned, not simply given. To those that have gained her's, she treats them with the utmost reverence. Anyone else is met with blunt statements and rocky words. She can be rough at times, both verbally and physically. She's boisterous and unafraid, her mouth knowing no filter. Prideful to a fault, her determination to prove herself knows no bounds.
Despite this, she's fiercely loyal to her tribe. Koa will risk anything to protect the people she loves, even her life. Surprisingly, she gets along well with children and even more so with animals. She's respectful towards both prey and predator, careful to honor the life when she hunts. She's stubborn, but driven, and will go to the ends of the Dreamscape to achieve her goal.

Skills
Bubukari's Gaze

It has been said that Koa was born with the eyes of a Bubukari, a large bird who's ferocity is matched only with its unbelievably sharp sight. While a rumor, it does hold some truth. Koa's eyes are good. Better than most of the tribe's, in fact. She's able to see distant targets and take note of small details.

Mirage Cloak

The facepaint isn't just for decoration. Koa is skilled in camouflage. She utilizes the pale, chalky dust and the dark mud around her to create the illusion of shadow and light.

Dream Dance

Koa does well in recounting the Dreams, but she doesn't do it through words. Rather, it is through her body that she tells the tales of adventure and grandeur. Koa's dances are wild and passionate, each movement accented by the music and full of emotion.

Equipment

•Bow and Arrows
•Jawbone Knife
•3 Day Supplu of Dried Jerky
•Waterskin

[Space Boyfriend]

Name | Yala Jarra-Binalku
((Yah-lah Jah-rah-Bin-ahl-koo))
Gender | Female
Age | 23


Appearance | Yala is of medium height and was quite lanky in her youth but has since filled out as a young woman. She has the dark features expected of the Ansharin except for her eyes, which are a lighter brown with discernable amounts of green. Yala was born with her fathers hair which she wears in long locks that are most often tied back and unadorned for convenience, unless participating in a ceremony.

Personality | Quiet by nature, Yala is a woman of few words preferring to listen and observe, although she is not slow to action when it is called for. However, this has the unfortunate effect of making her seem cold and distant to others when really that is not case. Yala is quite affectionate towards those she comes to know well and shows a motherly concern over those younger than her. Sadly, she does not find a lot of time for making friends her age and spends most of her time with her mentor, Kirra. She is usually quite focused and her patience is long but not limitless, and her anger can be fierce when it's provoked.

Skills |
Dream Keeper (in training) - Yala has devoted much of her life to developing a deep and exact knowledge of the Dream. All Ansharin are familiar with the Dream, both young and old enjoy retelling the lore of their people, and always in ways as unique and alive as they are. However, knowledge cannot be stay true if it changes with each telling.
To ensure that knowledge remains consistent, a few individuals are selected from every generation to learn the Dream as it has been told since The Silence. They might not make for the most enthralling recountings but this process is what keeps the Dream intact and to Yala there is nothing more important than that.

Painting - Yala's favourite form of interpretation of the Dream is art. With a steady hand and eye for detail, Yala paints the symbols and imagery illustrating great stories on sand, instruments and on the bodies of others when certain ceremonies call for it.

Equipment |

• Woven shoulder satchel
  
  
  
  • Ochre and dyed powders + associated painting utensils
  • Small waterskin
  • Small Ngarlak tusk knife with a rounded end for grinding

Biography | With two of her grandparents being Elders and her late father a brave hunter that is remembered within the Dream, Yala grew up with the esteem of most in the tribe. At first, it was expected that she would become a hunter like her father but, while she did show some natural talent, Yala became more inclined towards the pursuit knowledge.

In her fifteenth year, Yala was chosen to become one of her generation's Dream Keepers. Whether or not either of her grandparents had to do with the choice – as is sometimes quietly suggested by the tribesmen and women – none can say she did not take to her new duties with dedication. Under the mentorship of Kirra, Keeper of her mother's generatine, Yala spent the next seven years learning the tales of the Dream she herself would eventually pass on.

One day however, she overstepped her boundaries and asked her mentor about The Silence. Kirra's usually kind face immediately turned stony. Her words were spoken with thin patience as she told Yala she would never inherit that information. In fact, Kirra herself would not either. The current Elders had made a decision that, for the safety of the Ansharin people, their knowledge of the time before The Silence would die with them.

Yala heard but could scarcely believe. The Elders do not need to be told the Dream is the history of their people, the world; it contained lessons on what to hunt and what to leave be, Songlines which told the hunters what paths the animals would follow in certain seasons and where the other tribes of the Dreamscape lied in relation to their home. You cannot simply cut out what you do not wish to... Yala could not understand. When she argued as much to Kirra, she was harshly dismissed and told to meditate on her transgression; after all, she was by no means above the taboo.

Disconcerted, she returned home. Yala had always thought the Elders right in keeping dangerous knowledge a secret but it is one thing to safeguard against misuse, this was another entirely. Yala followed her mentor's advice and thought deeply about that days' lesson.

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Nortooga

Name - Nortooga
Gender - Male
Age - 22
Appearance - 175 cm tall, athletic build with a mesomorph body, not too buffed but not too skinny either. His skin shade is that of a Burnt Umber. He has a rough face complexion scarred by an ocular burn(white eye) which is connected by a small and thin burn trail on his skin continuing to large burns from below the right side of his chin extending from below his ear covering all his right side of the neck going towards his shoulder. His hair are black and grey with grey hair covering almost 40% of his head mostly located on the sides and front. He has straight rough hair and keeps em short(as short as a knife can allow). His jaws are wide and strong and his eyes are sharp, his left eye being a bright amber and if you look intently into his eye you can make clouds of amber constantly floating around forming a mesmerizing effect. He has a cloth peace wrapped around his neck continuing to his right shoulder and down to his wrist, also having another cloth piece covering his left arm but starting from the top of the arm instead. These are mostly used to hide the burn marks and countless self-inflicted cuts on his arms as a form of repent and failed suicide attempts.
Personality - Quiet and thoughtful. He spends a lot of time, which is found during guard duty, pondering on what ifs and replaying different scenarios in his head.He values honesty above everything else and he gives everyone a chance listening to what they have to say. He never judges people on how they looks but on how they truly are and mostly sees the good in people while also keeping their negatives in mind but putting them aside. He always puts other's safety before his own always being in the front line during wild beast hunts attracting the predator's attention to himself leaving the others some breathing space and opening for a lethal strike to the beast. He doesn't show fear to die or to pain. That's what he is known for the most.
Skills
Eye of WALINKOI(left eye)- Unnecessary to blink
Curse of WALINKOI- Needs to stay hydrated unless he is reduced to dust(human blood is a lot more potent than water for that matter while every other being's blood is a little more potent than water)
Equipment - Multiple water-skins(dehydrates quickly) / Vertebrae of Ryushomon(1.3m long, every inch of it is sharp which can be used as a spear when hard or bend when it is relaxed depending on where you hold it)
Biography - Nortooga wasn't his real name, it wasn't the name he was given at birth by his now deceased parents. It was a name he decided to carry around at all times as a constant reminder of what had happened in the past. He came from a neighboring tribe which was in a very unfortunate prediction.
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Nortooga ran and ran without looking back and without thinking about those he left behind as his mind was in chaos possessed by fear. He just ran for hours and hours, without a second thought about them, more concerned over his life than anything else. His wounds still ached over the cold air of night, he just ran as far away from the mountains, as far away from his dead friends. Until he blacked out...
An Ansharin hunting party found him laying on the ground and brought him back to their village where he grew up and learned their traditions.

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Tobu Akit'r

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Name

Tobu Akit'r

Gender

Male

Age

24

Appearance

Amongst his people, Tobu is an abomination. His abnormal growth and muscle mass has corrupted the standard long, slender frame of the Anshar, into a hulking giant of 5'11", with an astonishing weight of 210 lbs exactly. His monstrous body is wrapped in soft, earthy toned skin, like brown autumn leaves during fall. Coincidentally, there is further similarity between Tobu and leaves present within the linear patterns in his skin and the veins in a leaf. These lines form intricate designs that cover his entire body, converging at a single point to form the Strange Symbol of the Akit'r on the back of his neck. Though you would never know it, for the symbol is always obscured by dreaded locks of brown hair, which fall just passed his shoulder blades. His face has long since been a victim plagued by these obstructions. Often, stray, rampaging lochs will seek to interrupt the world seen through Len's deep brown eyes, which discern that he has seen much more than his youthful features let on. This fact is reassured after hearing his voice that is filled with the certainty of knowingness from experiences pass.

Personality

On the surface, Tobu comes off as a rather silly and lighthearted person, frequently engaging in comical behavior and retaining his oft-present grin even while making threats. He displays a childlike amusement for new situations whether or not they prove adverse or even potentially fatal, he has a penchant for wandering off on his own. Even with all these idiosyncrasies, Tobu is extremely personable and has a particularly complimentary nature that easily gains him the friendship and trust of those surrounding him.

Of course, these aspects hide the complex and determined young man underneath. On the reverse side of his frivolous nature is his considerable shrewdness, which makes him quite capable of reading people and situations. He is particularly observant, taking into consideration even the smallest details of his surroundings in order to better understand and deal with challenges and is not above using cheap tricks or questionable tactics to ensure his own survival. Being singularly ambitious, Tobu also has a remarkably tenacious will that allows him to overcome virtually insurmountable obstacles and accept burdens for the sake of his own ultimate goal. Tobu has a considerable pride that will not stand for having his humanity insulted or condemned by his enemies, but Tobu is also capable of shelving his pride if it becomes something that will stand in the way of his objective.

Tobu is very protective of family and comrades, refusing to allow any harm to come to them and often deem their safety more important than his own in spite of his own personal ambitions and goals. Tobu has to be reminded several times that his own safety is something upon which many people depend and he uses his loved ones as his primary motivation when all hope seems lost. As such, he becomes furious when observing those who willingly or remorselessly cast aside their own comrades or brethren and is sickened by the idea of superiors who reject their duty to those who trust them.

Skills

• Primal Force of the Akit'r
  Each one of a Akit'r's five senses seem to always be flipped into overdrive, bombarding thier mind with sensory information. The acuity of thier eyes are astonishing, allowing them the ability to see distances and detail that few others could ever hope to experience. They can also function in a complete lack of light, allowing him to fight in absolute darkness as if it were the middle of the day. Their ears are highly sensitive, able to pick up sound from miles away and even hear the heartbeat of an enemy who comes within a few feet. Thier noses are hyper-focused to a variety of odors, especially to blood, sweat, and endorphins, which allow the Akit'r to essentially read the bodily functions of his enemies, giving them the knowledge as to their emotions and their level of fatigue. These senses, when used in combat, turn the Akit'r into a veritable monster, able to fight in any situation with a great sensory advantage.
  
  Along with thier senses, the Akit'r are known for thier speed and strength.
  Thier awareness of the environment is amazing and is revered, allowing him to both dodge attacks and find ways around defenses. They are even capable of ripping through material defenses with bare hands and the tips of thier weapons.

• Ansharin Hunter
  Tobu is a full fledged hunter, and must be one in order to come into fully come into the Akit'r family. He has trained to be an Akit'r Hunter since the young and impressionable age of 5, and his dream to be a full-fledged member of the Akit'r has pushed him each and every day. He has proven that he is a prodigy in the Dreamscape.

• Hung Dar
  An Akit'r fighting style that the family developed that uses deep, low stances, and emphasizes on having firm, solid stances that flow into aggressive techniques that explode and drive through the opponent. This compiled with Primal quickly weakens and overwhelms the opponent with consistent, powerful, non stop attacks.

Equipment

• Gurkha Blade:
  This is a curved bone knife, similar to the machete, used as both a tool and as a weapon. It is symbolic amongst the Akit'r when used as a weapon, signifying the courage and valor of the bearer in the battlefield. The blade's distinctive forward drop is intended to aid the cutting action by having the edge maintain an angle (rather like a guillotine) rather than just have a straight edge at right angles to the target, this angle provides a more "slicing" action similar to a draw-cut with a machete or saber. The Gurkha Blade is effective as both a chopping and a slashing weapon. In combat, it is used in two different styles: stabbing with the point, slashing or chopping with the edge. Because the blade bends towards the opponent, the user need not angle the wrist, which makes the Gurkha Blade more comfortable as a stabbing weapon than other straight-bladed knives. Its heavy blade enables the user to inflict deep wounds and to cut through muscle and bone. As a tool, its use has varied from building, clearing, chopping firewood, and digging to cutting meat and vegetables, and skinning animals.

• Waterskin

• Ansharin Pelts

Biography

[Empath]

Alkina Jaara

Name

Alkina (meaning ‘the moon’) Jaara

Gender

Female

Age

17

Appearance

Appearance inspiration

(All rights go to the awesome artist: aditya777)

Alkina stands in stark contrast to the rest of the Ansharin-tribe’s dark and prominent features. Her Name ‘Alkina’ perfectly envelopes her appearance as she stands at around 5,7 feet, with a slim profile and almost paper white skin. This together with her long white hair means that no matter where she goes she stands out with her almost alien appearance.
She has long smooth features, and while she doesn't have a curvaceous body she is definitely a woman. While her body is athletically trained from long sessions of dancing, Alkina is by no means physically strong - in fact her light complexion is often an annoyance to her as it makes her more sensitive to the sharp desert sun.
Her eyes are another prominent feature regarding her appearance: much like her fair skin her eyes are a creamy white color, opaque in appearance as if her eyes were filled with a ghostly mist. The reason for this is because she was born without the ability of sight.
Alkina usually wears her white hair in some form of ceremonial style with various accessories attached to her hair. It is, in fact, quite rare to see her without any form of hair style as the elders in the tribe makes her dress up any time she leaves her “home”.

While her appearance definitely makes her appear alien to the otherwise dark features of the rest of her tribe, Alkina cannot be called ugly, she is just different -in fact it is quite the opposite: she is seen as one of the tribe’s beauties, despite her deviant features.

On specific areas of her body her her alien white skin has been tainted by black and red markings of religious origin, with the most prominent one being the tattoo she has on her forehead: a red crystal-shape is encompassed by two opposing lines.While the red diamond in the middle symbolizes Kedalup, the world, the two opposing lines stands for The Dream and the Ansharin.

Alkina wears the same form of outfit as the rest of the Ansharin tribe, however, it is of lighter materials and not made for hunting or battles. Because of this she never wears any more garments than she has to, and has in fact never worn any form of armor. What is a different is what she wears over this classic outfit: she wears a white ceremonial cloak of rich material that seems to radiate with her light features. She can at times be seen wearing a series of bandages made out of a similarly white material wrapped around her eyes in a decorative manner.
One interesting detail regarding Alkina's clothing is that she is one of the few individuals to wear a form of footwear in the tribe. The reason for this is because of her light skin that is more sensitive towards to hot earth beneath their feet. The design of her footwear is a simply designed type of sandal that consists of a thick leather sheet underneath her foot with leather strings attached around her foot to hold it in place.

Personality

Alkina appears to lean more towards the silent type. Because she grew up in an almost quarantine like situation where the elders of the tribe decided her every move, she has learned to stay silent and do as she was told. However, despite this silent and thoughtful appearance that she shows to the outside world, she hides an energetic and curious about the world around her. In fact, despite her disability she craves to experience the world beyond the borders of the tribe and she dreams of what adventurous wonders that waits for her outside her small world.
This curiosity is blended together with an energetic personality that yearns for adventure and new experiences - however, Alkina has learned to suppress her own desires as she has come to terms with the realization that she is less likely to ever experience the life outside of her small world that is the tribe. Because of this the persona she usually allows the outside world to see is a calm, almost emotionless and quiet persona. She appears thoughtful and obedient to most (especially the elders), but at times she cannot hide her own desires and let the world get glimpse of her real persona that she tries to hide away. This is usually seen in her mischevious night adventures where she sneaks out of her home and drains her energy through physical exercise.

Skills

Dreamweaver: Alkina is one of the tribes most important and proficient weavers of The Dream: She had been taught the different layers and variables of The Dream and Kedalup since early childhood.

Music: Alkina is one of the tribes best musicians as she has been trained since childhood to use music to connect to The Dream. She has proven to be skilled in the arts of the voice, flutes, and string-instruments among others and her skills have said to be able to calm the wrath of the terrible Na'gu.

Advanced sensory system: Because Alkina was born without the ability of sight her other senses has been sharpened since her birth - and further developed as the years went by and she began to develop them herself. This means that while she cannot see, she can most definitely ‘feel’ the world around her through her acute senses to such an extent that she doesn’t even need her sight to see anymore. Her sharpened senses has also developed into an ability where she can ‘feel’ and almost ‘understand’ the world to such an extent that she almost feels as if she is connected to it.

Dancing and acrobatics: Through her many years if studying The Dream, Alkina has become incredibly skilled in connecting to The Dream through dance - and what most of the tribe doesn't know is that despite her disability she has developed an incredible talent for acrobatics.

Equipment

Staff she uses to walk and find her way

Flute: Alkina possesses a ceremonial flute.

Bone dagger: The only real weapon she has is a dagger, however, it has only been used for ceremonial rituals so far and she has little knowledge about using it in a real fight.

Biography

Alkin was born on a night where the only thing that was painted on the darkness of the night sky was a few bright stars and then a giant full moon. This should have been a warning sign to her parents, but the happiness of her imminent birth extinguished any concern they might have had for their child and her unfortunate birth.

Perhaps the close proximity of the full moon was not just a sign, but the very cause of the unfortunate disability child now known as ‘Alkina’ was born with. You see, on this perfect night young Alkina was brought into life, but the cruel moon had taken away her eyes before she could fully develop them - not only that, but it also took the color of her hair and her skin, making the small child an abomination - an oddity in the Ansharin tribe.
Despite the best efforts of the Ansharin’s best healer: Jarrah Korindji the unlucky child couldn't be cured of her blindness nor her moon-touched features.

The elders in the tribe saw Alkina’s birth into their tribe as a sign from The Dream itself: perhaps this child born of the moon was a herald of The Dream and Kedalup itself. It was decided that Alkina was to learn the arts of The Dream and to become a bridge between the Ansharin and The Dream.

This training began as soon as Alkina could stand: she began to learn from the best in the tribe and showed remarkable skills from an early age. However, it soon became clear to everyone around her that she wasn’t just a crippled girl: she seemed to move as if she knew what was actually happening around her. Most were surprised at this seemingly disabled girl’s effortless movements, while others saw it as a miracle from The Dream itself and a sign of her connection. Alkina herself, however, knew better.
While she had never seen the world around her with her own eyes, she began to notice the minute shifts in temperature, smell, touch and sound. While she had been born with only four senses, these senses had become amplified to such an extent that she didn’t really required the ability of sight: she could sense and experience the world around her through her other senses - and in ways that others simply couldn’t fathom.

Even at a young age Alkina knew that these discoveries weren’t something you should go speak carelessly about. Instead she kept her mouth shut and accepted the world she was born into: a world that could almost be described as a prison. While she was free to move around, she was always watched over and taken care of: she was, after all, a young girl without the ability to see for herself. This meant that she was kept locked up for most of the time, only being released to train in the arts of The Dream and to perform ceremonies - in fact: she became almost a myth in the tribe. While everyone knew she existed and what she was capable of, she was such an oddity within the norms of the tribe that some feared her, while others looked up to her, or looked at her in wonder.
This also meant that she didn’t really speak to a lot of the tribe other than those that surrounded her and she was never allowed to go on hunts or help the tribe in the daily routines.

For a young girl all of this meant that she felt a yearning and a craving for friendship and experiences of the world outside of her own sphere: she dreamed of what adventures and people lived outside of her own little world and yearned for the day that she could be free of these chains that kept her in the tribe and discover the wonders of the world.